不同成熟度树葡萄叶片中类黄酮合成转录组基因分析

为了解树葡萄(Myrciaria cauliflora)类黄酮合成相关酶差异表达基因信息,对其幼叶和成熟叶进行全转录组测序并比较分析。结果表明,从树葡萄幼叶和成熟叶中获得59 321条单基因簇(Unigenes),在8大数据库共注释到32 912条Unigenes信息,其中类黄酮合成代谢相关酶基因77个,在成熟叶片中显著下调表达的基因6个,包括2个CHI、1个CHS、1个F3H、1个2-羟基异黄酮脱水酶基因和1个ANS。5个差异表达基因经qRT-PCR验证的结果与转录组测序结果相符合。因此,树葡萄叶片中含有大量不同种类黄酮合成代谢相关酶家族基因,成熟叶片中类黄酮含量显著减少是由于少量相关基因显著下调。     

叶锈菌侵染的小麦叶片转录组数据分析

选取小麦近等基因系Tc Lr26与其轮回亲本Thatcher(Tc),与叶锈菌生理小种260分别组成不亲和及亲和组合,通过Illumina/Solexa平台的HiSeq~(TM) 2000高通量测序技术对接种叶锈菌后的小麦转录组进行测序,利用Trinity软件将数据组装形成转录本,对所有转录本进行COG、GO和KEGG分类和功能注释、Pathway注释以及蛋白编码区的预测。结果表明,转录组测序片段经de novo拼接共得到87291条平均长度866 bp的Unigenes;通过功能聚类,分别获得25个COG分类、55个GO功能亚类和128条KEGG通路;差异表达基因分析显示,相对于亲和组合,不亲和组合在接种叶锈菌后8 h上调Unigenes4037条,下调Unigenes 1949条;接种后24 h,上调Unigenes 2122条,下调Unigenes 3248条。其中植物与病原物互作过程中的钙信号通路,活性氧爆发及SA信号通路相关基因在不同时间有差异表达,在接种后8 h所表达的差异基因可能与基础防卫反应诱发密切相关,而在接种后24 h的差异表达基因可能与Lr26介导的过敏性防卫反应表达有紧密联系。这为深入分析和发掘小麦抗叶锈病相关基因及系统研究小麦抗锈病分子机制奠定了坚实基础。     

基于转录组数据的杜仲红叶性状SSR分子标记分析

对‘华仲12号’杜仲的幼嫩叶片（绿色）和成熟叶片（红色）及‘华仲11号’杜仲成熟叶片（绿色）进行转录组测序,进行测序数据的拼接和组装,且对转录组获得的基因（Unigenes）进行SSR分析。研究得到54 517条平均长度为806.90 bp的Unigenes,其中25 993条Unigenes在Nr、Swiss-Prot、KEGG和COG蛋白数据库获得功能注释,占所有Unigenes的47.68%。参照KEGG数据库,可将注释到的6 910条Unigenes划分到122个代谢途径分支,其中花色苷代谢途径相关酶基因39个,类黄酮代谢途径38个,类胡萝卜素合成途径34个。54 517条Unigenes中共包含17 010个完整型SSR位点,占总SSR位点的96.28%。完整型SSR位点共包含67种重复基元,其中出现频率最高的重复基元类型为单核苷酸重复中的A/T （7 747个）,其次是AG/CT （5 039个）和AT/AT （850个）从花色苷代谢途径、类黄酮代谢途径及类胡萝卜素代谢途径中共找到13个SSR位点。为今后杜仲遗传多样性分析、遗传图谱构建及杜仲红叶性状分子标记开发等方面奠定了分子基础。     

基于RNA-Seq高通量测序技术的大鲵转录组分析

为发掘大鲵的功能基因,该研究以大鲵组织作为研究对象,利用RNA-seq技术对大鲵进行转录本测序和数据分析,经拼接组装共获得132 912条Unigenes,序列平均长度690 bp,N50为1 263 bp。另外从长度分布、GC含量与表达水平等方面对Unigenes进行评估,数据显示测序质量好,可信度高。此外,本研究也预测出132 416个能编码蛋白的Unigenes。使用9大数据库CDD、KOG、NR、NT、PFAM、Swiss-Prot、Tr EMBL、GO和KEGG注释大鲵转录组Unigenes,分别对应有24 049、18 406、36 711、15 858、20 500、27 515、36 705、28 879和10 958条Unigenes获得注释。其中,6 323条Unigenes在以上所有数据库中同时注释成功,39 672条Unigenes至少被一个数据库注释。KEGG分析结果显示:获得注释的10 958条Unigenes被划分到343个代谢通路中,参与信号转导通路的Unigenes数最多,共有2 644条(24.12%);其次是免疫系统通路的Unigenes有2 450条(15.29%)。最后本研究还检测到了29 790个SSR位点。通过对大鲵转录组测序,获得了大量的转录组信息,有助于进一步研究大鲵功能基因克隆、基因组学、遗传多样性分析和分子标记开发等。     

基于转录组测序的羽衣甘蓝叶色相关基因分析

叶色是羽衣甘蓝重要的观赏性状之一。本研究采用Illumina Hi-Seq2500高通量测序技术,对基因型纯合的紫叶和白叶羽衣甘蓝叶片进行转录组测序,筛选差异基因并与GO和KEGG数据库比对进行注释分析,分析羽衣甘蓝叶色形成相关基因。结果显示,获得高质量短读序共104 608 770条,筛选出紫叶相对白叶的差异表达基因1 993个,其中上调表达基因1 094个,下调表达基因899个。根据GO功能分类可分为生物过程、细胞组分和分子功能3大类64功能组。根据KEGG代谢通路分析可以分为171类,在叶色相关的类黄酮生物合成途径中黄酮醇合成酶(FLS)、二氢黄酮醇4-还原酶(DFR)上调以及类胡萝卜素生物合成途径中的类胡萝卜素β-环化酶上调与紫叶形成关系密切。本研究丰富了羽衣甘蓝的转录组信息,获得了一些差异表达基因,为进一步研究羽衣甘蓝叶色形成的遗传机制提供了有价值的信息。     

基于高通量测序的阿尔泰蝠蛾(鳞翅目:蝙蝠蛾科)幼虫转录组分析

本研究采用Illumina HiSeq TM 2500测序平台对阿尔泰蝠蛾Hepialus altaicola Wang幼虫进行转录组测序及生物信息学分析.经序列拼接后共获得100133个Unigenes,总长度86319112 bp,平均长度862 bp,N50长度1628 bp.将Unigenes与NR、COG/KOG、Pfam、Swiss-Prot、GO、KEGG数据库比对,共获得38198条Unigenes,其中Nr数据库注释的Unigenes最多,为32381条,占32.34％.通过GO功能分类,共有13216个Unigenes在GO数据库中细胞组分、分子功能和生物学过程等3大类57个分支中找到注释;KEGG通路分析,共有15058条Unigenes被注释,归属于305条代谢通路.CDS预测发现54002条序列可被编码,占全部基因的53.93％.基因注释进一步获得311个与冷适应相关的代谢调节基因,并用FPKM值对基因表达量进行评估.本研究获得的转录组信息及分析结果,为进一步研究阿尔泰蝠蛾的基因功能及低温生态适应性奠定分子基础.     

NaCl胁迫下黑果枸杞转录组测序分析

研究黑果枸杞在不同浓度盐胁迫下基因表达谱变化情况,为进一步研究黑果枸杞抗盐分子机制奠定研究基础。对0(CK)、50、250 mmol/L NaCl溶液胁迫的黑果枸杞组培苗的根和叶在胁迫时间为0、1、12 h时分别取样,采用转录组测序(RNASeq)技术进行测序分析。结果表明,转录组测序共产生222.49 Gb原始数据,拼接出Unigenes 86 037条,注释到7大功能数据库(GO、KEGG、KOG、NR、Pfam、Swiss-Prot和egg NOG)上的Unigenes总数为46 594个,占总Unigenes的54.76%,还有38 929个Unigenes在这些数据库中没有得到注释。通过GO分类和KEGG Pathway富集性分析,分别归于51个GO类别和211条代谢途径。差异表达基因分析显示,黑果枸杞叶片和根的上调基因和下调基因数随着NaCl浓度的增大和处理时间的延长均呈增加趋势,叶片中的上调基因数(7 514)小于下调基因数(9 032),根中的上调基因数(12 347)大于下调基因数(11 559)。在黑果枸杞盐胁迫下转录组中发现28 325个SSR位点,最多的为单核苷酸SSR,占70.47%。综合分析表明,黑果枸杞对盐胁迫的反应是一个多基因参与、多个生物过程协同调控的过程,基因表达量的变化可能是基因调控的主要方式。     

茶树种子发育过程的转录组分析

该研究以‘铁观音’茶树品种的种子为试验材料,采用转录组测序技术分析种子发育的3个时期(幼果期、膨大期、成熟期)的表达差异,探究茶树种子油脂代谢的分子机制。结果表明:(1)经转录组测序、组装后共获得30 940 581个clean reads,经数据合并拼接最终得到36 951条非冗余Unigene序列,其中28 476个Unigene可得到功能注释;在转录本中能够被注释到GO分类的Unigene有11 201条(30.3%),KEGG分析发现共有17 172个基因参与了127个代谢通路。(2)经KEGG通路筛选出14条与脂肪酸代谢相关的通路,且随着茶籽的发育,大部分脂肪酸调控途径相关基因呈下调趋势,其中上调基因数最多的有α-亚麻酸代谢途径和脂肪酸降解途径(有17个基因表达量上调),下调基因数最多的是甘油磷脂代谢途径(有58个基因表达量下调);在茶籽发育幼果期α-亚麻酸代谢途径中表达量上调的基因数超过表达量下调的基因数。(3)研究发现茶籽脂肪酸合成相关的基因涉及14个脂类调控途径,共409条差异基因;随着茶树种子发育到成熟期,上调的差异表达基因数量在减少,下调的差异表达基因数量增加,其中α-亚麻酸途径中的基因PLA2G16、DAD1、pldA、FabF、FabI表达量上调显著,随后表达量下调。(4)qRT-PCR检测结果表明,7个茶树FAD和1个ACP差异表达基因的水平与转录组测序结果基本一致;随着茶籽的发育,基因CsFAD7和Δ6-CsFAD从幼果期、果实膨大期至果实成熟期都为差异下调表达,CsFAD2、CsFAD6和Δ7-CsFAD为差异上调表达,CsFAD8、Δ8-CsFAD和CsACP在幼果期至果实膨大期差异上调表达,在果实膨大期至果实成熟期差异下调表达。     

基于转录组的八角挥发油合成相关基因挖掘与分析

为更好地挖掘八角(Illicium verum)挥发油合成相关基因，该文对挥发油性状差异显著的优良无性系桂角69号及普通品种砧01号叶片进行了转录组测序及组装注释，并对差异表达基因进行了GO分类和KEGG通路分析。结果表明：(1)转录本经组装后获得84 182条序列，使用NR、NT、Swiss-Prot、KEGG、KOG、GO和Pfam数据库进行序列比对，共注释了59 161条序列，筛选出30 572个差异表达基因。与砧01号相比，桂角69号叶片中上调基因有15 025个，下调基因有15 547个。(2)GO分类结果显示共有20 287个差异基因被注释。KEGG分析结果表明，有21 600个差异基因被注释到133条KEGG通路上，其中挥发油合成相关的单萜生物合成通路、萜类骨架生物合成通路、苯丙素合成通路中的芳樟醇合酶、月桂烯合酶、香叶基香叶基焦磷酸合酶、肉桂酰辅酶A还原酶、咖啡酸3-O-甲基转移酶、肉桂醇脱氢酶等关键酶基因呈差异表达。(3)转录因子分析发现差异表达基因分布于31个转录因子家族，其中MYB家族序列数量最多。该文利用转录组测序技术分析八角优良无性系与普通品种叶片的差异基因及...     

叶子花花瓣状苞片和叶片的比较转录组学研究

叶子花(Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.)的苞片色彩鲜艳,呈花瓣状,在景观园艺和环境美化有着广泛应用。为了进一步了解花瓣状苞片的演化机制,该研究采用RNA-seq技术分别对苞片和叶片进行测序,比较苞片和叶片在基因表达水平的差异。最终获得54.48 M对长度为150bp的双向clean reads,从头拼接出55 782条Unigenes,平均长度为1 003.79bp,N50为1 402bp。共有30 874条Unigenes能被注释到公共数据库,其中有12 631条Unigenes能被注释到基因本体。差异化表达分析确定苞片和叶片差异表达的基因共有456个。该研究分别对不同组织差异表达的基因进行GO富集分析和KEGG富集分析,结果表明,在苞片中高表达的差异化基因有黄酮类合成相关的基因,花色合成关键酶多巴双加氧酶(DODA)以及发现与花瓣发育相关的基因,在叶片中高表达的差异化基因主要是参与光合作用。     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.